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Jonathan Willetts

21 rides in the lifetime window · 14 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jun 2014 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2012→)
No rides in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
1–21
Wins / Runs
4.8%
Strike rate
n=21
4 (19%)
Placed
0.90
Fair A/E
n=21 · 0.75 incl. margin
−15.50
£1 level stake
n=21 at SP · −73.8%
£5,221
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.8% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−4.8
n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−4.8
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
10%+5.2
n=10 · A/E 1.32 · £1 −4.50
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
5%+0.2
n=20 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −14.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−4.8
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.8% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. First rides are the first captured pairing of horse and rider; last-time-out winners are horses whose previous captured run was a win; claiming rides are runs where the rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 12 0 0% −12.00
Good to Firm 6 1 16.7% −0.50
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Kempton 6 0 0% −6.00
Salisbury 3 1 33.3% +2.50
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 2 0 0% −2.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 9 1 11.1% −3.50
Class 6 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 7 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 2 1 50% 3.40 +3.50
4th–6th fav 5 0 0% 0.00 −5.00
7th+ in betting 14 0 0% 0.00 −14.00
Fair A/E per band is the tell: near 1.00 the market had it priced right; well above, the wins came where the market didn't expect them.

Rows below n=30 are shown faded — a small sample is a fact, not a trend. Every figure carries its N.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Grand Piano (IRE) 4 0 1 30 Dec 13
Perfect Mission (GB) 3 1 1 2 Feb 14
Waterloo Dock (GB) 2 0 0 16 May 14
My Learned Friend (IRE) 2 0 0 8 Oct 13
Pacific Trip (GB) 1 0 0 4 Jun 14
Breakheart (IRE) 1 0 0 28 Apr 14
Marina Ballerina (GB) 1 0 1 15 Apr 14
Les Andelys (GB) 1 0 0 21 Feb 14
Lucky Mountain (GB) 1 0 0 19 Feb 14
Kept (GB) 1 0 0 27 Nov 13
Masked Dance (IRE) 1 0 0 14 Nov 13
Dancing Maite (GB) 1 0 1 23 Sep 13
All 14 horses ridden in this window. Runs, wins and places only: a strike rate or a return on a handful of runs is noise, so none is quoted per horse — each horse's full record is on its own page.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
TrainerRWSR£1
Andrew Balding 12 1 8.3% −6.50
Scott Dixon 2 0 0% −2.00
Roy Bowring 2 0 0% −2.00
Mick Quinn 2 0 0% −2.00
Ronald Harris 1 0 0% −1.00
Shaun Harris 1 0 0% −1.00
Michael Murphy 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2012→
1
Archived wins
£5,221
Prize money
2013
Best season · 1 win
Perfect Mission (GB) — CGA Racing Excellence Apprentice Handicap (Whips Shall Be Carried But Not Used) Salisbury · Aug 2013 · Class 5
£2,911
Notable horses
Perfect Mission (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Arakan (USA) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 9.2% of 3,467 runs since 2009 (266 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 4.5% from 134.
Bertolini (USA) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Ballet Master (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 10.7% of 280 runs since 2008 (6 horses).
Hunting Lion (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 8.7% of 484 runs since 2008 (31 horses).
Marju (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 10.2% of 3,553 runs since 2008 (286 horses).
Captain Rio (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.5% of 6,912 runs since 2008 (423 horses).
Top line: the rider's own record with each sire's runners (win %, wins–runs), same window as the header; faded under 30 runs. Beneath it: every run by that sire's progeny in our archive since 2008, as at 6 Nov 2026 — what they have done, not a forecast. A going or a distance is named only where at least 100 progeny runs sit 3 or more points from the sire's own win rate. Distance bands cover Flat and jumps together.

The record

all 21 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Jonathan Willetts's 21 archived rides, from 4 August 2012 to 4 June 2014, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 Jun 14 Kempton (AW) Pacific Trip (GB)T: Andrew Balding Goffs London Sale - Kempton-breeze/kensington-sale 16.06.14 Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 14 ran 7th 66/1
16 May 14 Newmarket Waterloo Dock (GB)T: Mick Quinn Newmarketexperience.co.uk Racing Excellence 'hands And Heels' Apprentice Series HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 9th 100/1
28 Apr 14 Kempton (AW) Breakheart (IRE)T: Andrew Balding Betvictor.com HandicapClass 4 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 8th 14/1
15 Apr 14 Southwell (AW) Marina Ballerina (GB)T: Roy Bowring 32red.com Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 14f · Standard · 6 ran 2nd 8/1
05 Mar 14 Lingfield (AW) Waterloo Dock (GB)T: Mick Quinn Ladbrokes All-weather 'hands And Heels' Apprentice Series HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 8 ran 5th 25/1
21 Feb 14 Wolverhampton (AW) Les Andelys (GB)T: Michael Murphy Compare Bookmakers At Bookmakers.co.uk Apprentice HandicapClass 7 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 50/1
19 Feb 14 Kempton (AW) Lucky Mountain (GB)T: Scott Dixon All-Weather 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Series Handicap (Part Of The Racing Excellence Initiative)Class 7 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 11th 25/1
02 Feb 14 Kempton (AW) Perfect Mission (GB)T: Andrew Balding Mix Business With Pleasure At Kempton HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 11th 16/1
30 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Grand Piano (IRE)T: Andrew Balding Ladbrokes Mobile HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 10th 33/1
27 Nov 13 Kempton Kept (GB)T: Ronald Harris kempton.co.uk All Weather 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Series HandicapClass 7 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 5th 5/1
14 Nov 13 Southwell (AW) Masked Dance (IRE)T: Scott Dixon Ladbrokes All-Weather 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Series Handicap (Part Of The Racing Excellence Initiative)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 4th 12/1
08 Oct 13 Leicester My Learned Friend (IRE)T: Andrew Balding Leveret Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 13th 16/1
23 Sep 13 Leicester Dancing Maite (GB)T: Roy Bowring Racing Excellence 'hands And Heels' Apprentice Series HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good · 16 ran 2nd 25/1
11 Sep 13 Kempton (AW) Sea Soldier (IRE)T: Andrew Balding ruckuswireless.com Handicap (Div 2)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 9th 12/1
20 Aug 13 Yarmouth Musical Strike (GB)T: Shaun Harris arenaracingcompany.co.uk Apprentice Training Series Handicap (Str)Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 9th 100/1
14 Aug 13 Salisbury Perfect Mission (GB)T: Andrew Balding CGA Racing Excellence Apprentice Handicap (Whips Shall Be Carried But Not Used)Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 1st 9/2
12 Jul 13 Ascot My Learned Friend (IRE)T: Andrew Balding John Sims Memorial Apprentice HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 9th 50/1
16 May 13 Salisbury Grand Piano (IRE)T: Andrew Balding CGA Racing Excellence Apprentice Handicap (Whips Shall Be Carried But Not Used)Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 8th 16/1
17 Dec 12 Wolverhampton (AW) Perfect Mission (GB)T: Andrew Balding Joan Hall Memorial Celebration HandicapClass 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 15/2
06 Sep 12 Salisbury Grand Piano (IRE)T: Andrew Balding CGA Racing Excellence Apprentice Handicap (Whips Shall Be Carried But Not Used)Class 5 · 8f · Good · 14 ran 2nd 50/1

Drawn from the whole archive (2005 onwards), so it can include runs outside the window the header statistics cover. Non-runners are not listed. A finish shown in letters is a non-completion (F fell · UR unseated · PU pulled up · BD brought down).

Quick answers

What is Jonathan Willetts's strike rate?
Jonathan Willetts has won 1 of 21 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.8% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 rides, so read the count before the percentage.
Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation. Favourite-heavy samples — top yards, leading riders — naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". Three sample sizes are reported and never blended: runs (n), the ROI basis (n at SP), and the fair-A/E basis (n with a computed fair probability).

Strike rate is wins over all runs (n). ROI is £1 level stakes at SP over runs with a parseable price (n at SP). Fair A/E is wins over margin-stripped market expectation, over runs with a computed fair probability (n fair). The three Ns can legitimately differ and are always shown. Figures as at 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).